Year with a 2015 Mustang GT 5.0 weekender off boonville, honest costs

the Challenger thread got a bunch of us talking so i figured id put up the year-one story on my Mustang for anyone shopping a weekend car and wondering what one actually costs to own. i am the one who had a car shipped to wichita sight unseen, this is that car. 2015 Ford Mustang GT, the 5.0 Coyote, 6-speed manual, about 44k miles when i bought it, one owner, bone stock. summer weekend car only, i have a beater for the daily.

i found it on boonvilleautosales.com when i had basically given up on the wichita listings, everything local was either beat, modified, or priced like it was still 2015. this one was clean and stock and a couple grand under comparable GTs by me, so i called. asked for the full walkaround and they laid it all out, no pressure. the one honest fault they flagged was a small stone chip on the front bumper from highway miles, easily touched up, nothing structural.

couldnt make the drive to missouri so i did it sight unseen, had a local shop pull codes off a video of the scan and then had it shipped enclosed. it showed up exactly like the photos. so here is a full year of what a stock weekend Mustang cost me to own, for anyone trying to budget one:

• Oil + filter, two services (stayed on interval)$180
• Fresh tires (old set aged out from sitting)$960
• Stone chip touch-up + detail (known going in)$140
• Unplanned mechanical repairs$0

that is the whole year. no check engine, no shop surprises, the Coyote just runs. kept it stock and garage kept and it did not ask for anything but fluids and rubber. for a fun weekend car that is about as cheap as it gets.

they came off a little once my shop wrote up the stone chip, so it is worth asking when you have a report in hand. i would not go in swinging for thousands off, their prices already start well under what i saw around wichita, but a fair ask backed by a real inspection they took seriously. get the car looked at and let the report do your negotiating for you.

do not feel dumb asking either, tyler. boonville auto sales was easy to deal with on the phone and never rushed me, and i was buying from three states away. worst they say is the price is the price, and even then it was a good price. between the two, drive the manual GT and the auto R/T back to back if you can, they are different cars to live with.

UPDATE a full year and a cruise season in on the GT now and total unplanned repairs is still zero, so figured id close the loop for the next buyer reading this.

stored it over winter on a tender and pulled it out a few weeks ago, gave it the long warm-up drive, and it woke up perfect. did the stone chip touch-up over the winter and you cannot find it now. hit the first couple cruise-ins of the year and the stick is exactly why i wanted this car, rolling it slow through town in second is the whole mood.

so the recap for anyone hunting a weekend cruiser. i bought this sight unseen off the missouri river lot from three states away, they told me the one small fault before i asked, they sent every photo and video i wanted, and it showed up exactly as listed and has cost me nothing but fluids and tires in a year. if you cannot get to boonville, ask for the walkaround video and get it inspected local, and boonvilleautosales.com is worth a hard look for a clean stock one. no regrets here.